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lLUeH/ar v TILQSS @s EMMA C. INCE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.A

HAMMOCK.

SpecificationI of Letters Patent.

.Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed May 13, 1907. Serial No. 373,268.

To all whom it may concern:

Bef'it'known that I, EMMA C. INCE, a-citizenof the United States,'r'esidin at-Buifalo, in 4the county of Erie and State o New York, have invented a new and useful I'm rovement in Hammocks, ofwhich the fol owing v is a specification.l

O This invention relates to a hammock designed .more particularly as a bed or cradle for infants, b ut it is also desirable for adults,

the same being intended rincipally for outdoor use on lawns, veran as &c.

The object of my invention 1s to provide i the hammock with an improved hood for Aprotecting the occupant from drafts, inclement Weather or strong sunlight.

In the accompanying drawings consisting of 2 sheets: Figure 1. is` a perspective yview of the hammock, the hood being removed. Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the hood a plied. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of t eA ammock.- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective ofthe vsame showin the adjacent V.end of the hood detachedv an unfolded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the severalviews.

The body of the hammock may be of any suitable construction but it is preferably of rectangular. form and h'as a fiat bottom and comparatively high side and end walls to prevent an'infant from falling out of it. y, rIn the construction shown in the drawings, the body. com rises an u per or' top frame consisting of ongitudina side Vbars Aand cross bars A1 rigidly connected to the ends of the side bars; a similarbottom frame consisting of side bars B and end bars B1, and open- Work material C, such as strong netting, connecting said top and bottom .frames and forming the side and en d walls ofthe hammock. The cords ofl the netting may be looped around the bars of the top and'bottom frames as shown, or otherwiseattached thereto. Tol the bottom-frame B, B1 is secured a' added bottom or mattress B2 lof an ,suita le material. 0 v

D indicate suspension ropes, chains or hangers arranged at opposite ends of the hammock. Each of these ropes is doubled` and its branches are secured at their lower ends to the adjacent corners of the to frame, preferably by passing them. throug holes in the bars A, A11-of lsaid -f'ramevand knotting their ends, as shown. From these bars the branches 'of each ropeA converge .up- Wardly for a suitable distance and are united I by a pair of separated knots d, d1, forming loops e in the two ropes which are adapted to receive a supporting bar or rod F. The latter is provided in op osite edges near its ends with notches f in wliich the sides of the loops e are seated, confining the bar against longitudinal dis lacement. At av suitable distance above t e knots d1 the branches of the sus ension ro es are again united 'by 65 knots 2 forming oops g, each of which is adapted to engage with a suspension hook 7i secured to the ceiling or other support.

. Combined with each suspension rope D is a spiral spring I which preferably surrounds the same and has end hooks or other suitable attachments i which respectively engage with the u-pper and lower loops g and e of the cord. The portions d3 of the ropes between the loops e and g are longer than the s rings in the normal extended condition of t e latter,

so that under ordinary conditions said portions remain slack and allow the springs to yieldingly carry the hammock and the occupant and stretch to a safe limit. Should, go owever, an unusual weigi t or strain be' thrown upon the hammoc ,v the slack portions. of the ro es will be drawn taut and the strain exerte upon the ropes alone, thus preventing setting or breakage of the springs g5 and guarding against accidents.

The draft-hood preferably incloses one side, both ends and the top of the hammock andconsists of an oblong main ortion or section J extending over one side o the hammock from end to end thereof and from its bo ttomu p over the supporting rod F and down to within a few inches of the top frame A, A1-

of the hammock, this last-mentioned portion forming a top flap J1. The end poi'tlons or 95 flaps J2 of the hood are of the pro` er outline 1 and dimensions to extend over tie ends of the hammock from side to side thereof and e from the bottom yframe B, B1 preferably toy within a short distance of the supporting rod F, so as, to leave ventilatingopenings j at vtheir-upper ends. Said rod passes through these o enings, as shown, and its notches f are'in t e portions of the rod extending beyond the lateral edges ofthe top-flap J1. At their free edges the end iiaps J 2 are provided with suitable fastenings 'for detachably securing them to the to flap andthe ends of B1, the preferred de# the hammock-frames vices shown in the drawings consistin complementary interlocking lmembers like those of ordinary glove fasteners.

The draft-lioodmay be of leather, burlap, canvas, felt or other suitable strong and flexible material which will intercept drafts and exclude light and the weather. While the top, ends and' one side of the hammock are thus rotected, its other side is left uncovered '0r ventilation from the bottom of the network C to a few inches above the same. Either or both end-aps J2 oi the draft hood or the top-Hap J1 may be folded back when only partial protection is required. Upon detaching said endflaps from the top l'lap and the hamiiiockframe, the entire drafthood can be removed; and if desired, the latter may be replaced in the summer season by a curtain of fine netting or similar open material of substantially the same construe tion as the draft-hood, to protect the occupant from Iiies, mosquitos, &c.

Aside from the desirable features above described, the hammock has the advantage of being light and collapsible, enabling it to be easily carried about and compactly stored.

I claim as my invention.: v

1. In a hammock, the combination of the body having side and end walls, suspension Adevices for the body, a longitudinal supporting rod arranged above the hammock body and carried by said suspension devices, and a vbody curing said end iiaps to said side flap, subseinoos y protectinghood comprising a main portion extending over one side of the body, a top flap extending over said supportinff rod, end vflaps extending over the end wallsv of the and above the same, and means for sestantially as set forth.

2. ln a hammock, the combination of the body having side and end walls, suspension devices for the body, a longitudinal sup orting rod arranged above the hammock body and carried by said suspension devices, and a protecting hood comprising a main portion extending over one side of the body, a top flap extending' over said supporting rod on the inner sides of said suspension devices, and f end llaps extending over the end walls of the body and above the same to a point short of said supportingrod, leaving openings between the top-Hap and the upper ends of the end-flaps through ,which said rod passes, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 10th day 1907.

of May,

EMMA c. INCE.

llitnesses:

C. F. GEYER, E. M. GRAHAM, 

